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A Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language

Why it was recommended

behind the silliness and ridiculous characterization, sets out Ferdinand de Saussure’s distinction of langue versus parole

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What it covers

A Fry and Laurie sketch about language, full of absurd phrases and wordplay, which also plays on the distinction between langue and parole. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel
Fun English Lessons
Length
7 min 24 sec
Year
2015
Open on YouTube

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